AgdaPkt 2002-12-09 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

-_ __ _ __ __ _ .__----- q.A -5� - 4. PARKING IMPACTS � � The perldng analysis w+as conducbed using Ux same essumptions as the parlong analysis for the approved r�i�� ua w nflecr �hsnges m par�ng a«aana ana tm P�B �PP�r resulcmg srom the � new project description. The enalysis was completed using two altemative sets of inforination about parldng supply and demand in downtown Redwood City: ■ Fira�t, the analysis was compleud using the same set of assumptions tbat was used in the analysis of the aPPro� Pr'ol�, with data iuputs modified to roflect only (1) changes in the project description and (2) increases to the public parling supply in the downwwn area in the facilities included in the original EIlt parY�ng inventory. Demand estimates for the EIIi, which are uaed in this approacl4 were based on parldng surveya conducted in 2000, when the xonomy of Califomia and, awre par- ticularly, Redwood City was stronger than it is now; as a result, overall demand for parldng spaces was geater than it is now. The parldng supply inventory for tlris approach included onsteet pazlong spaces, public lots owned by the City of Redwood City, and public tots owned or controlled by sev eral other public agencies (e.g., Caltrain and San Mateo County). The supply estiinates are modified in this analysis W reflect only parldng spaces that have.been added onstreet or in the facilities included in the original inventory since the earlier study was completed. In this Addendum, this first analysis is called "Analysfs Using Originsl EIIt Supply and Demand Estimates." T6is analysis is included in this Appendix in order to provide strict comparability with the original EIIt analysis: it responds to quertions about what the impacts oJthe project on parking condiriorts in downtown Redwood Ciry xrould have been if this revised project had been the subject of the EIR Because bacicgound parlvng demand was greater at that time (2000) than it is now, ttris approach also provides a conservatively high picture of potential fudm conditions with the project. _ ■ Second, the analysis was repeated using updated parlring decnand and supply information. The updated pazldng demand information is based on new parldng surveys, conducud in 2002 to reflect current conditions in downWwn Redwood City. These s�sveys revealed lower pazldng demand lev- els than were evident in the 2000 surveys. The updated pazldng supply informarion includes the spaces that have bern added onstreet or in the facilities included in the original inventory, as in the first analysis. In this second analysis, the available supply is assumed to include only spaces located (1) onsh�eet, (2) offstreet in City-owned lots and garages (but not spaces in lots/garages owned by other public agencies), or (3) included in the proposed project. In this Addendum, this secand analysis is called "Analysis Using Updated Parking Demand Estimates." Analvsis Usine Ori¢inal EIR Suualv and Demand Estimates As noted above, this first analysis of pazldng impacts uses all of the original assumptions and information used in the onginal EIR pazldng analysis, with one exception: increases in the number of parldng spaees in locations included in the original inventory are added to the total supply. Updated Parking Supply Exisung Spaces in Downtown Redwood Ciry The existing (2000) pazldng supply in the analysis for the approved project included 1,193 onsh�eet spaces and 1,525 offstreet public spaces. After 4:00 PM, the offstreet supply increased to 1,605 spaces because spaces in the city's employee lot and spaces in front of City Hall became available to the public. Since 2000, the public parldng supply in downtown Redwood City has increased for the following rsa- sons: A10